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egomaniac

ee goh may nee ak

  • n  an abnormally egotistical person

  • There are no libidinous or abusive producers, no hysterically egomaniac directors, not even a failed novelist making a rich, bitter livelihood by writing for the screen.
  • Steve Coogan, the Brit comic best known for incarnating Alan Partridge, a suavely unknowing TV host, plays four roles: Tristram, his father, Sterne and a put-upon egomaniac star .
  • Given the buzz attached to his name in the hallowed halls of Apple, Jonathan Ive might be expected to be something of an egomaniac.
Quotes

  • Ken Griffey Jr in Seattle Times
    I don't really think about those things,Griffey said of departing in lavish fashion. "That's not one of those things that's really that important. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't. I'm not the egomaniac that wants...
  • Jeremy Roenick in SI.com
    It's a huge achievement. It would be pretty egomaniac-ish of me, if that's even a word, to say it wasn't a big deal,Roenick said. "It's even bigger than I thought now that I've achieved it. But that is not why I came back to play."
  • Joan Rivers in Boston Herald
    Hitler was a two-faced person,Rivers explained. "Hitler was an egomaniac. Hitler was ruthless and so was Annie. The difference was mainly that Hitler never had PMS . . . which I think Annie suffered from continuously."

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